Small Class Sizes Are a Top Priority for Teachers. But Do They Improve Student Outcomes? Some education experts say lowering class sizes is an expensive intervention that produces only marginal ...

When it comes to student success, “smaller is better” has been the conventional wisdom on class size, despite a less-than-persuasive body of research. But what if that concept were turned on ...

Smaller class sizes in schools are failing to increase the resilience of children from low-income families, according to a new study.

A 2018 review of 148 reports from 41 countries concluded that smaller classes had “a very small” effect on reading proficiency and no effect on math, despite the enormous outlays for them.